[GRASSLIST:7596] Re: v.in.ascii

[Dave Kindem]

I see what my problem was.  When I tried to import in decimal degree,  
I formatted the entry as 86.0000W.  When I use the +/- notation,  
everything is fine.

Thanks to all for the information.

Dave

On Jul 18, 2005, at 9:36 AM, Ian MacMillan wrote:

> Dave, I was able to import the data as decimal degree format.  I  
> just converted all my data in excel, then imported from there.   
> What errors did you get?
>
> -ian
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> On Jul 16, 2005, at 5:28 AM, David Kindem wrote:
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>> Ian and list,
>>
>> I don't believe I ever did get a response to the original note.   
>> I've also tried importing in decimal degree format, again without  
>> any luck.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Jul 15, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Ian MacMillan wrote:
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>>> Dave (or anyone else),
>>> I was wondering if you ever found out how to import lat-long data  
>>> into grass? I would like to do the same thing.
>>>
>>> -Ian
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> Hello,
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>>>
>>> I'm attempting to us v.in.ascii to import sites. Things work fine
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>>>
>>> when I use Eastings/Northings. However, I would like to import
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>>> points in latitude/longiture. When I attempt to import positions
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>>> such as:
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>>>
>>> 85:46:05.14203W | 43:00:07.320715N
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>>>
>>>
>>> I receive the error message:
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>>> ERROR: x column is not of number type
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>>>
>>> Is there a way to have the program recognize lat./long as legitimate
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>>> entries?
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>>>
>>> Thanks,
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>>>
>>>
>>> Dave Kindem
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>>>
>>> Grand Haven, MI
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>>>
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